Listed with varying seating capacities in editions of Film Daily Yearbook; 1940 and 1943=500. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 300.
This theatre is not listed in Film Daily Yearbok’s for 1940 or 1943. In the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition has the Cache Theater listed with a seating capacity of 160.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 editions with a seating capacity of 946 and being operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives a seating capacity of 1,000.
Listed in the 1940 Film Daily Yearbook (960 seats). It is listed as ‘Closed’ in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. is is open again and has 750 seats
The Dreamland Theatrer was rebuilt after the June 1921 race riots. It is listed in later Film Daily Yearbooks 1931-1932 and 1940 -1955 as being a negro theatre, with a seating capacity of 612.
Vic; go check it out, the LA Tijera Theatre is definately still standing there at the address given here. Ok, it’s now minus its signage, and drive through ticket booth>>> but its still there!
Films generally open at the Odeon Mezzanine and are shown as part of general release and con-current with other multiplex cinemas. Occasionally one of the screens will take a movie when it has finished its run in the main Odeon located next door.
Art house movies are played in the Odeon’s, Panton Street and Wardour Street (both located a stone’s throw away off Leicester Square). Both these cinemas have 4 screens each, which are double the size of the Odeon Mezzanine screens!
I went to see Sandy Duncan in “Peter Pan” here in the 1980’s (I had a seat in the balcony). If memory serves me right, the auditorium was painted a light shade of blue and I bleieve there were painted murals of cherubs and clouds on the ceiling. The auditorium struck me as being rather charming.
When I next went to see a show at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre around 2000 (“Titanic-The Musical”), the interior had been painted matt black and there was no decorative features at all. There was a crystal chandelier in the centre of the ceiling. All very disappointing.
The original architects of the Empire Theatre were Otto Simonson of Baltimore and W.H. McElfatrick of New York. The original seating capacity was 2,400 and it opened as a burlseque and vaudeville theatre on 25th December 1911 with “Follies of the Day”.
The current Art Moderne interior was a re-model in 1946 by architects John J. Zink and Lucius R. White and it re-opened as the Town Theatre on 22nd January 1947 with James Stewart attending ‘in person’ a premier screening of “It’s A Wonderful Life”
The Metro Theatre had a Wurlitzer 3Manual/13Ranks theatre pipe organ installed. It was opened by organist Charles Parkhurst who came over from London, UK. He remained organist at the Metro, Johannesburg for 5 years until he went over to the new Metro Cinema that had been opened in Durban, Natal, SA in 1937.
The Metro Cinema, Calcutta is almost identical to the Metro Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia (Architect;Thomas W. Lamb). To see a photo of the Metro, Adelaide go to; /theaters/1588/
Gary;
I have just added the Metro Cinema, Cairo to Cinema Treasures
Listed with varying seating capacities in editions of Film Daily Yearbook; 1940 and 1943=500. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. the seating capacity is given as 300.
Listed with varying seating capacities in editions of Film Day Yearbook; 1941 and 1943=1,050 and in the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. 1,000 seats.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s editions 1945-1955 as operating as a Negro theatre.
Various seating capaicties are given in different editions of Film Daily Yearbook for the Dome Theater; 1940 and 1943=800, 1950=1,000
Listed in various Film Daily Yearbook’s with different seating capacities; 1941=300, 1943=260 and 1950=292.
This theatre is not listed in Film Daily Yearbok’s for 1940 or 1943. In the Film Daily Yearbook, 1950 edition has the Cache Theater listed with a seating capacity of 160.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1941 and 1943 editions with a seating capacity of 946 and being operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management. The 1950 edition of F.D.Y. gives a seating capacity of 1,000.
The Dreamland Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbook editions; 1931 – 1933 as Negro theatre.
It was still operating as the Ritz Theater in Film Daily Yearbooks 1940 through 1950.
Listed in Film Daily Yearbook edition’s 1940 to 1950
Listed in the 1940 Film Daily Yearbook (960 seats). It is listed as ‘Closed’ in the 1943 edition of F.D.Y. In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. is is open again and has 750 seats
Listed in Film Daily Yearbooks 1940- 1955 as being a Negro theatre.
The Dreamland Theatrer was rebuilt after the June 1921 race riots. It is listed in later Film Daily Yearbooks 1931-1932 and 1940 -1955 as being a negro theatre, with a seating capacity of 612.
I have references made that the Dixie Theatre is listed in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1931-1933 and 1940 as a Negro theatre.
Vic; go check it out, the LA Tijera Theatre is definately still standing there at the address given here. Ok, it’s now minus its signage, and drive through ticket booth>>> but its still there!
The rebuilt Odeon Marble Arch has its own page here /theaters/1830/
Named after Jean Renoir, the film director.
In the Film Daily Yearbook’s 1940 and 1943 the Gem Theatre is listed as ‘Closed’ with a seating capacity of 850.
In the 1950 edition of F.D.Y. it is listed with 650 seats.
Films generally open at the Odeon Mezzanine and are shown as part of general release and con-current with other multiplex cinemas. Occasionally one of the screens will take a movie when it has finished its run in the main Odeon located next door.
Art house movies are played in the Odeon’s, Panton Street and Wardour Street (both located a stone’s throw away off Leicester Square). Both these cinemas have 4 screens each, which are double the size of the Odeon Mezzanine screens!
I went to see Sandy Duncan in “Peter Pan” here in the 1980’s (I had a seat in the balcony). If memory serves me right, the auditorium was painted a light shade of blue and I bleieve there were painted murals of cherubs and clouds on the ceiling. The auditorium struck me as being rather charming.
When I next went to see a show at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre around 2000 (“Titanic-The Musical”), the interior had been painted matt black and there was no decorative features at all. There was a crystal chandelier in the centre of the ceiling. All very disappointing.
The original seating capacity of the Paramount Theatre was 2,556.
The original architects of the Empire Theatre were Otto Simonson of Baltimore and W.H. McElfatrick of New York. The original seating capacity was 2,400 and it opened as a burlseque and vaudeville theatre on 25th December 1911 with “Follies of the Day”.
The current Art Moderne interior was a re-model in 1946 by architects John J. Zink and Lucius R. White and it re-opened as the Town Theatre on 22nd January 1947 with James Stewart attending ‘in person’ a premier screening of “It’s A Wonderful Life”
I have found references to the Little Harlem Theater being listed as a Negro theatre in Film Daily Yearbook’s 1946-1955.
The Metro Theatre had a Wurlitzer 3Manual/13Ranks theatre pipe organ installed. It was opened by organist Charles Parkhurst who came over from London, UK. He remained organist at the Metro, Johannesburg for 5 years until he went over to the new Metro Cinema that had been opened in Durban, Natal, SA in 1937.
The Metro Cinema, Calcutta is almost identical to the Metro Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia (Architect;Thomas W. Lamb). To see a photo of the Metro, Adelaide go to; /theaters/1588/
Gary;
I have just added the Metro Cinema, Cairo to Cinema Treasures